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🥋 Does Size Matter?

🥋 Does Size Matter?

Plus: why most BJJ submissions don't work in MMA.

Flowroll
July 24, 2023

The Jiu Jitsu E-mail Newsletter

What up Flowrollers, it’s a great day to call out your instructor for a friendly roll, and by 'friendly', I mean survive as long as possible.

Wow, ya’ll were right on the edge in our poll for Zuck vs Musk 🧑‍⚖️

I’m not quite as confident as you all… Zuck is giving up so much weight in this match. If Elon’s cardio can hold up at all, he’s going to be a serious problem for Zuckerberg.

Regardless, it’s definitely going to be an ugly fight and I can’t agree more with Watson here 🤣

Btw, Zuck did earn his blue belt over the weekend!

Congrats to our Meta overlord, and please do not shadowban our Instagram account 🙏

Alright let’s get to it, slap-and-bump 👊🏻

THE MAIN EVENT 🚨

There was an awesome video that came out the other day with Rose Namajunas rolling against the World’s Strongest Man: Martin Licis.

Rose fights at 115lbs, while Martin tips the scale at 340lbs+. It’s an entertaining match:

Despite being an MMA fighter, Rose is no slouch in the pure grappling arena. She recently competed at an ADCC circuit event and has extremely respectable Jiu Jitsu skills.

This got me to thinking… how much weight could I let an untrained opponent have on me, before they’d pose a serious threat? 30lbs? 50lbs? More?

How much weight could you give up to a fit but untrained opponent in a grappling match, and comfortably win?

Vote to see results:

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QUICK TAPS 📝

TECHNIQUE CORNER 🧠

There’s nothing worse than being held down in side control with no way to escape. Catch today’s technique video to revisit some of the most fundamental side control escapes: